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Alcohol Use

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While alcohol use is normative among adults and is the most commonly used drug among adolescents, adolescent alcohol use is associated with multiple social, behavioral, and developmental problems (Grant and Dawson 1997), which can persist into adulthood. Use of alcohol during adolescence can also affect brain development, impacting emotional regulation and motivation, during a critical time when abstract thinking and reasoning become possible (Zucker 2006). The factors that put adolescents at risk for alcohol use are multilevel and encompass the home, peer, school, social, and physical environment as well as personal beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Several interventions have been developed to prevent or reduce alcohol use; however, alcohol use remains a prevalent behavior among adolescents.

Prevalence of Alcohol Use

Although the rate of alcohol use has declined somewhat since 1999 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] 2004; Johnston et al. 2005), alcohol use...

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Pasch, K.E. (2011). Alcohol Use. In: Levesque, R.J.R. (eds) Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1695-2_318

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